SYNETIQ, an IAA company, one of the UK’s leading vehicle salvage and recycling businesses, has taken delivery of nine DAF LF 12-tonne double deck recovery trucks from MV Commercial to improve the efficiency and carbon footprint of its nationwide operations.
The recovery trucks have arrived with the Doncaster-headquartered company as part of a fleet renewal project, with the final two joining the fleet late in 2022.
Equipped with tilt and slide bodies and spec lifts, the vehicles are designed to transport three cars. They are being used to collect salvage vehicles for the insurance industry that are held at garages or policy holders’ addresses.
The new trucks will be based at SYNETIQ’s depots – in Winsford, St. Albans, Gloucester and east London.
Joining a mixed fleet of 110 salvage recovery vehicles, ranging from 44 tonne artics to 3.5 tonne transit vans, the recovery units are expected to clock up more than 60,000 km per year.
Mike Griffiths, Head of Transport at SYNETIQ, says: “We needed to expand our fleet as part of the company’s growth strategy and these DAF trucks from MV Commercial are a great addition.
“They enable us to access areas of the UK that our 26 tonne vehicles can’t, such as parts of Wales and other remote locations that are difficult to reach. The new 12-tonne recovery trucks are really improving the effectiveness of our operations and driving our sustainability ambitions forward.
“If we have two collections in Aberystwyth or three in the Lake District, for example, we can now send one of these trucks instead of sending two or three separate vehicles.
“Hats off to MV Commercial for supporting SYNETIQ’s drive towards greater efficiencies and also helping us reduce our carbon footprint.”
It’s the first time SYNETIQ has worked with MV Commercial.
Griffiths adds: “We’re very happy with MV Commercial. The deal was competitive and the vehicles were available. Their service and communication has been excellent and made our fleet expansion programme much easier to manage.”
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MV Commercial provides sales and leasing for commercial vehicles, as well as specialising in areas such as crane truck design and engineering, livery and painting. Founded in 2001, the company currently employs more than 150 staff at seven sites across the UK, carrying a stock of more than 1,500 LCV and HGV vehicles.
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